It is more of a game of scavenging than of crafting. Unlike Minecraft, your character is unable to make most items you find in the game. So now you have a place to lay your head, some beef jerky to eat and a source of water, it is time to start thinking about the medium term. Eat food that has a worse ratio and carry the food that provides a good amount of calories for its weight. Likewise, look at the calorie to weight ratio of the food you have. With food, remember that calories in your body are functionally weightless, so if encumbrance is a problem, eat until youвЂ™re full. YouвЂ™ll have to boil the water or put water purification tablets to make it potable. Remember that once you melted the snow, it will still put you at risk of disease and dysentery.

ItвЂ™s perfectly okay to go outside for your firemaking since you will be gaining heat next to the fire anyway, you just run the risk of wolf problems, so be ready to run back inside. If you are inside, then youвЂ™ll need to find a furnace or another pre-established fire pit. You can start a campfire from the radial menu as long as you have matches and something to burn and you are outside. Water in The Long Dark is always available by melting snow, you can do this from any fire. Unless you find a toilet to drink out of, fire is the key to water. You should have enough junk food from your starting inventory and whatever is in the shelter for it not to be a crisis. Once you're inside a shelter, take stock of the food and water you have. Follow rivers, power lines and roads to lead you to some form of habitation. If you do not see any shelter, typical survival common sense usually applies to The Long Dark. This will make learning the game a lot easier since you wonвЂ™t be bleeding off heat while you play around in the menus. In the 10 games IвЂ™ve started on the map, IвЂ™ve always started in sight of some kind of shelter. I recommend first trying the Mystery Lake map вЂ“ there are many shelters and it still offers a challenge to new players while not being brutal. You should have some food, fire starting materials and maybe even a storm lantern if youвЂ™re lucky. The clothing you have on and gear you begin with is somewhat randomized. The first thing youвЂ™ll want to do is look through your starting equipment. IвЂ™ve been absolutely loving the gameplay experience and wanted to share some easy tips to help you get started and survive your first day. Death can come easily and quickly in the frozen wastelands of The Long Dark and getting started can be very intimidating. Hinterland StudioвЂ™s The Long Dark offers a far more grounded and meditative take on the survival genre.

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